The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-20

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Local and State Notes.
VIM. e. Thurber. commercial agent of the
Nickel plate at Cleveland is in the city for two
or three days.
The passenger conductors are to give grand
picnic at Morristown, on tho c., III. 81 l., on the
28th of this month.
The Grand Rapids e. Indiana company con-
templates building extension of the road from
Lagrange to Orand at once
The railroads centering in New Albany have
been notified that the ordinance prohibiting To-
.omotive whIstling within the city limits is to be
strictly enforced
The earnings of the passenger department. of
the c., l.. st. L. & G. the second week in June
were SIG, 1860. Increase over earnings CORE
spending week 1886. 81. ass. OF.
E. w. N. MCGEE has been appointed northern
passenger agent OF the Cairo, Vincennes 81 Chi
cago road, the appointment to take effect to-day
His headquarters will be Danville, Ill.
The Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago company
last week filed articles of association with the
Secretary Of State of Ohio. The features of the
enterprise were noted in the Journal some days
ago.
There In TO be a meeting to-day, in this city,
of the passenger department of the Chicago &5
Ohio River pool A large attendance is expect
ed. as some i'm portant matters regarding rates
are to be discussed.
Vncennes is not disposed to aid in the build
ing of the Vincennes g. New Albany road unless
the company them that work will be
begun 1T that end of the line first, and that the
shops will be located there
There were transferred over the Belt road last
week 95o2 cars, against 9, 475 the corresponding
week in 1886. Belt road engines last week
handled 924 carloads of live stock, against O57
the corresponding week in 1886.
One of the provisions upon which the Penn
sylvania employees who were arrested for break
ing open cars and stealing freight are re-em-
ployed. is that they will not sue the ompany for
false arrest or defamation of character.
The Chicago & Alton has notified the Missouri
pnntA ~ hat 10 tH,x<z t.
paid order books with much liberality in the
indianapolis district and points east of here,
that the 9. d A. would be obliged to meet that
business with cut rate.
Elections will be ordered this week in all the
townships ON the line over which the Vincennes
81 New Albany propose to build 1t is expected
that a majority Of the townships will vote the
aid asked, as it opens railroad facilities to points
which do not now enjoy them.
The Lake Erie 81 Western seems to be getting
into excellent shape financially. Its official
statement from March z, the date of its reorgan-
izatioD, to June shows gross earnings of $780,
900; operating expenses $349. 600; net $26l OO0
and the balancesheet shows cash on hand, $415,-
900.
President Hughart, of the Grand Rapids &
Indiana road, gave the Grand Rapids division of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 800
on condition that they would give their grand
excursion to Muskegon on some other day than
Sunday, and they accepted his proposition and
selected next Friday.
Charles Rockwell. general passenger agent of
the c., II. e. D., is to be in the city to-day and
1t is understood, will take steps to lift the boy
colt on the part of the Vandalia on Western
lines out OF St Louis. The impression grows
that it is high time for the Vandalia so to DO.
unless it wants to force the business via Chicago.
Albert s. White, Western general freight agent
of the Decline, with headquarters at St. Louis.
spent the Sabbath in the city. Mr.. White re-
ports immense crops on the line OF the road and
about twothirds of it wheat Harvesting has
already commenced. The corn crop. as well, is
very promising. and the same Is true of oats and
hay
The Wabash, St Louis & Pacific road has
cancelled its arrangement with the Baltimore g.
Ohio road, rs far as the use of the latter as a
portion OF the Niagara Falls Short-line is con-
cerned, and commences to-day to the
tracks Of the Chicago & Atlantic road to Lake
ton. Ind, distance of 103 miles. where the
Wabash tracks are reached The route will
be about the same length as the Michigan Gen.
trails line TO Detroit
The Indiana Midland is completed to five
miles west OF Lebanon, making fifty miles of
main line, and the steel to lay1t twenty miles
further west to Ladoga is the ground. Some
three miles of side track is now being put in
and the company look for good busineas when
the crops on the line begin to move. The Penn
sylvania Company, whose line they connect
with at Anderson is counting their business,
and probably will secure g large per cent of it
this fall
Chas. Nelson, superintendent of the c.. Fl. g.
ID. and the Vandalia. spent the Sabbath in this
city, and will remain over to-day posting himself
rs 20 the Vandalia terminal facilities. He states
that he has looked the Vandalla we'll over, and
he nndS lftte room Tor making Improvement
operating the road, and that changes of inn
portance will be made in any department..
Especially is he pleased with the locomotive
equipment of the road, which, no saws is ex-
celed on bu; few roads il this country.
The Union Depot improvement is moving en-
trely too slow. Double the present force of
men could readily be employed upon it to ad-
vantage. Travel has become very heavy; more
ana larger trains running into the Union
Depot than ever and il is highly import ant that
better accom- mo dations be furnished. and the
sooner the better AS the work now drags if
the new union station 10 ready for occupancy
year from the LIST Of next Noven Der, when the
work is contracted TO be completed it will be a
surprise
There is a feeling in railroad circles that the
Interstate Commission, in their recent decision
IN the fourth section of the new law. beg the
question. They practically throw all RESPONSE
bility back on to the railroad companies and tell
them they must interpret the law the best they
with the risk OF ali the penalties If they do
not construe it right They hold that the COM
mission Is not bound to decide any case in ad-
vance. Ii .. railroad company is brought before
them complaint they will decide the special
case. otherwise each road must decide it for
itself
IL one will take the pains to read over the nu-
N erous orders which have emanated from the
passenger DEPARTMENT of the Central Traffic AS